Okay, technically this is a MINUTE MAN story but it's also the one and only appearance of the Fawcett super-team, the Crime Crusaders Club. The team consists of Captain Marvel, Jr, Bulletman and Bulletgirl, and Minute Man--coincidentally enough the main heroes in MASTER COMICS during this period. The art here is credited on GCD to Phil Bard, about whom I'm afraid I know nothing. Some seemingly Kirbyesque layouts mixed with the company's then-standard Mac Raboy swipes on Junior. Apologies about the scans. They weren't that good to begin with, someone made a strong effort at making them more readable and then I spent another hour adjusting them even more. The thumbs look MUCH better now...but embiggen them and they're still a bit harsh. Best I could do but worth it for this one of a kind super story.
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YOW! Oof...those are rough looking scans! Jeez Louise, this is definitely a story I'd like to peruse a little more carefully as well! Perhaps a rescan sometime in the future, Steve? (Funny, I could never tell if Minute Man typically wore a mask, or didn't wear a mask. Looks like he did...for this story, anyhow.)
I'm not entirely sure in which issue of Master Comics Minute Man adopted the mask, but I think it was somewhere in 1943 or 1944.
Master Comics #27 from June, 1942 is the first appearance of the mask, as he is not wearing one up to #26. Not sure which issue this story is from.
This story is from Master Comics #41, August 1943.
in some panels mask is red, some it's blue
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